Archive for the ‘Tutorials’ Category

Happy New Year everyone! I hope everyone had a great holiday season. I decided to take a little time off to relax so you haven’t heard too much from me lately, but I also did some computer upgrading during that time, including lots of new memory (fabulous!) an upgrade to Window 7 (working good so far) and upgrading my Photoshop Elements to version 8.

I decided to start off the new year with a new tutorial; this one shows you how to quickly add a border to your photos. You can make the border white to look like the border the photo labs put on your photos, or a color to look like your photo is matted on colored cardstock.

If you’ve downloaded or purchased any of my Page in a Pinch templates, you’ve probably noticed that many of them come with a stitching layer. If you have premade stitching that works, that’s great, but what if you don’t? This new video tutorial will teach you how to turn the stitching template layer into realistic looking stitching, in whatever color you need, using PhotoShop Elements. You can watch the YouTube version below, or click here to download a high resolution version.

I also wanted to share the page I made while recording this tutorial, starring our new kitten Bandit.

Yes, there’s finally a new tutorial up. But a couple of announcements first:

If you missed the screaming deal on the huge Home for the Holidays bundle on Friday, it’s not too late. The entire bundle will still be marked down to $3.50 for the month of January, at both my Divine Digital and ScrapDish stores. So if you’re still looking for the perfect kit to scrap your holiday photos, this is it!

ScrapDish now has a forum! Pop in for a visit, and maybe stay to check out a challenge or two! Each challenge you complete earns you points which go towards percent off coupons for that month. I’m hosting the Photography / Photo Editing challenge, you can read all about the January challenge here.

And now for the video tutorial. This tutorial, done in Photoshop Elements 6, shows you how to realistically wrap ribbon around any digital embellishment. You can watch the YouTube version below, or click here to download the high resolution video. The video is a Quicktime movie, so you will need Quicktime in order to watch it. Enjoy!

I saw this idea in the latest issue of Creating Keepsakes, and with Halloween fast approaching, I thought it would be a fun video tutorial to offer. The two photos below are what I started with, the video tutorial walks you through creating the effect in PhotoShop Elements 6, and the last image shows you my final “ghostly” photograph, after a bit more post-processing was done (actions by Pioneer Woman and texture overlay by Christian Odell) and a photo frame added. Have fun creating your own family ghost!

Time for another video tutorial! This video will teach you a very quick and easy way to enhance the colors on your photographs and really make them come to life. You can watch the YouTube video below, or download the high resolution version here. I hope you enjoy it!

I’ve just released two new paper packs, this time they’re wonderfully rich textured solids; Jewel Tones and Pretty Pastels. Each pack includes 10 12″x12″ papers at 300dpi. They’re 40% off for the remainder of the week, along with all my other paper packs, which you can grab in my Scrapdish store.

And, since I’m focusing on paper this week, I also have another video tutorial for you! This one shows you how to combine photographs with digital scrapbook paper to create your own custom background. You can download the high resolution version here, or watch it below. Enjoy!

The rolled and corners tutorial on my blog, the first ones I created, have been extremely popular, so I finally decided to record them as video tutorials. You now have two options for viewing them, you can either watch them on-screen in YouTube format, or you can download the higher resolution version here:Creating Folded CornersCreating Rolled Corners

Creating Folded Corners

Creating Rolled Corners

Also, since these tutorials are all about creative ways to use digital paper, I decided to put all my paper packs on sale at 40% off for the week! Here’s a sneak peak at my packs, and you can grab them in my Scrapdish store.